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Description: | A copper-alloy openwork harness mount, dating from the Medieval period.The artefact has a sub-hexagonal frame which is of 'D-shaped' section and has six equal-sized, arched, sides, each separated from the next by a transverse ridge on the outer surface. The uppermost arch is interrupted by a pair of vertical, upward projections, joined at the top by a horizontal bar and separated by a central gap. The loop of a second, pendent, element is contained within this gap, held in place by an axis bar. Beneath its loop this hanging piece has a truncated-conical moulding, with a narrower, downward-tapering cone beneath. The point of the lower cone has been flattened, which may have served to hold in place a further, now-missing, element. A circular-sectioned bar projects vertically from the base of the frame, with part of of an integrally-cast rivet on the underside. The object retains much of its original gilding.Length: 49.9mm; width: 28.9mm; thickness: 7.1mm; weight: 15.41g.The form of the frame on this piece is typical of openwork harness pendants of the period (see, for example, PAS records SWYOR-3AD4D8 and WMID-ED1147); however, the basal attachment suggests this is actually a rotating harness decoration of the type illustrated by Griffiths (1986: figs. 22 - 24). A date of 13th to 14th century is suggested for this object.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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